Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
| Toys | 4 |
| Comparative Analysis | 3 |
| Elementary School Students | 3 |
| Foreign Countries | 3 |
| Intelligence Tests | 3 |
| Control Groups | 2 |
| Creative Thinking | 2 |
| Experimental Groups | 2 |
| Gender Differences | 2 |
| Intervention | 2 |
| Play | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Di Nuovo, Santo | 1 |
| Gillberg, Christopher | 1 |
| Heimann, Mikael | 1 |
| Huizinga, Mariette | 1 |
| Jolles, Jelle | 1 |
| Lance W. Gibbon | 1 |
| Pagano, Tatiana | 1 |
| Pirrone, Concetta | 1 |
| Smith, Lars | 1 |
| Strid, Karin | 1 |
| Tienken, Christopher H. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Intermediate Grades | 2 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Grade 3 | 1 |
| Grade 4 | 1 |
| Grade 5 | 1 |
| Grade 6 | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Primary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Italy | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Raven Progressive Matrices | 4 |
| Childhood Autism Rating Scale | 1 |
| MacArthur Communicative… | 1 |
| McCarthy Scales of Childrens… | 1 |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary… | 1 |
| Vandenberg Mental Rotations… | 1 |
| Wechsler Preschool and… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkPirrone, Concetta; Tienken, Christopher H.; Pagano, Tatiana; Di Nuovo, Santo – Educational Forum, 2018
In an experimental study to explain the effect of structured Building Block Play with LEGO™ bricks on 6-year-old student mathematics achievement and in the areas of logical thinking, divergent thinking, nonverbal reasoning, and mental imagery, students in the experimental group scored significantly higher (p = 0.05) in mathematics achievement and…
Descriptors: Toys, Play, Mathematics Skills, Imagery
Vander Heyden, Karin M.; Huizinga, Mariette; Jolles, Jelle – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Children practice their spatial skills when playing with spatial toys, such as construction materials, board games, and puzzles. Sex and SES differences are observed in the engagement in such spatial play activities at home, which relate to individual differences in spatial performance. The current study investigated the effects of explicitly…
Descriptors: Intervention, Play, Games, Puzzles
Strid, Karin; Heimann, Mikael; Gillberg, Christopher; Smith, Lars; Tjus, Tomas – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Deferred imitation and early social communication skills were compared among speaking and nonspeaking children with autism and children developing typically. Overall, the children with autism showed a lower frequency on measures of deferred imitation and social communication compared with typically developing children. Deferred imitation was…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Verbal Communication, Communication Disorders
Lance W. Gibbon – ProQuest LLC, 2007
In this quasi-experimental study, 142 fifth and sixth grade students at a suburban elementary school in Northwest Washington State participated in a week-long, 10-hour project using the "LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System" (RIS). Partners constructed and programmed one robot from visually-based LEGO instructions and a second of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Toys, Convergent Thinking
